Climate averages 1991–2020
Messaad weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Messaad: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Djelfa (62 km away). In October its highs average 21.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than Messaad, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 55 cities listed in Algeria, Messaad ranks joint 29th of 55 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 55 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 55 cities is 24.3°C; Messaad is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Messaad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 18 | 3.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 14 | 2.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 8.2 | 2.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 37.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.4 | 2.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 25 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 24.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 13.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Djelfa in OctoberAlgeria · 62 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Laghouat in OctoberAlgeria · 71 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Hassi Bahbah in OctoberAlgeria · 111 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Aflou in OctoberAlgeria · 129 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Bou Saâda in OctoberAlgeria · 132 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Aïn Oussera in OctoberAlgeria · 154 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Ghardaïa in OctoberAlgeria · 186 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 6.3 mm rain
- M'Sila in OctoberAlgeria · 197 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Messaad) is explained once on the Messaad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.